Eight other Yankees farmhands were also extended invitations to big league camp, bringing the total to 21 additional players: OF Trey Amburgey, LHP Nestor Cortes Jr., RHP Cale Coshow, RHP Raynel Espinal, OF Estevan Florial, INF Mike Ford, INF Kyle Holder and RHP Michael King. Of this group, Coshow, Espinal, Florial and Holder were in Yankees camp in 2018. Amburgey and King will attend their first Major League Spring Training. As Rule 5 draftees a year ago, Cortes (Baltimore) and Ford (Seattle) both spent the spring in big league camp with their respective clubs before being returned to the Yankees later in 2018.

The 21 non-roster invitees consist of 10 pitchers (three left-handers, seven right-handers), four catchers, three infielders and four outfielders. Nine have accrued Major League service time: Farquhar (4 years, 135 days), Brothers (4 years, 91 days), Hutchison (4 years, 91 days), Lavarnway (3 years, 1 day), Coulombe (2 years, 54 days), Hale (2 years, 31 days), Burns (2 years, 30 days), Urshela (1 year, 127 days) and Cortes (16 days).

Farquhar, 31, was limited to eight appearances with the Chicago White Sox in 2018, going 1-1 with a 5.63 ERA (8.0 innings pitched, six hits, five earned runs, nine strikeouts, three home runs). On April 20, 2018 vs. Houston, he suffered a brain hemorrhage from a ruptured aneurysm in the sixth inning. The following day, he underwent successful surgery to address the aneurysm but was not medically released to pitch again in a competitive game during the 2018 season. In 253 Major League appearances over parts of seven seasons with Toronto (2011), Seattle (2013-15), Tampa Bay (2016-17) and Chicago (2017-18), Farquhar is 10-15 with a 3.93 ERA (272 1/3 innings pitched, 119 earned runs) and owns a 10.2 K/9.0 IP ratio (309 strikeouts/272 1/3 innings pitched). A native of Pembroke Pines, Florida, he was originally selected by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 10th round of the 2008 First-Year Player Draft.

Hale, 31, made three appearances with the Yankees and one with Minnesota in 2018, combining for a 4.61 ERA (13.2 innings pitched, 16 hits, seven earned runs, five walks, eight strikeouts, three home runs) in four games. He was released by the Yankees on July 9, 2018, and signed with the Hanwha Eagles of the Korean Baseball Organization, where he went 3-4 with a 4.34 ERA (66 1/3 innings pitched, 32 earned runs) in 12 starts. In parts of five Major League seasons with Atlanta (2013-14), Colorado (2015-16), the Yankees (2018) and Minnesota (2018), is 10-10 with a 4.49 ERA (192 1/3 innings pitched, 96 earned runs) over 70 games (20 starts). The Atlanta native was originally selected by the Braves in the third round of the 2009 First-Year Player Draft.

Lavarnway, 31, went 4-for-6 with one run, one double and one RBI in six games with Pittsburgh in 2018 but spent the majority of the season with Triple-A Indianapolis, hitting .288 (76-for-264) with 29 runs, 23 doubles, one triple, nine home runs and 33 RBI in 78 games. In 146 games over parts of seven seasons in the Majors with Boston (2011-14), Baltimore (2015), Atlanta (2015), Oakland (2017) and Pittsburgh (2018), the catcher has hit .208 (81-for-390) with 31 runs, 25 doubles, seven home runs and 43 RBI. The Burbank, California, native was originally drafted by the Red Sox in the sixth round of the 2008 First-Year Player Draft.

The Yankees previously announced the signings of Brothers, Burns, Coulombe and Hutchison.

Of the Yankees' 21 non-roster invitees, eight are homegrown players. Five were originally drafted by the club: Amburgey (2015, 13th round), Cortes (2013, 36th round), Coshow (2013, 13th round), Holder (2015, compensation round) and Lail (2012, 18th round). Two were signed by the Yankees as non-drafted international free agents: Espinal (Sept. 27, 2012, out of Villa Gonzalez, Dominican Republic) and Florial (on March 19, 2015, out of Barahona, Dominican Republic). The Yankees signed Ford on July 17, 2013, after the left-handed hitter went unselected in the 2013 First-Year Player Draft following a standout career at Princeton University. In 2018, Amburgey's 74 RBI at Double-A Trenton tied for the lead among Yankees Minor Leaguers.

Two of the Yankees' non-roster invitees have been tabbed among the organization's top-10 prospects by Baseball America entering the 2019 season, with the top-ranked Florial joined by King at No. 5. Two additional top-10 prospects in the Yankees organization will be in camp as members of the 40-man roster: RHP Jonathan Loaisiga (No. 2) and RHP Albert Abreu (No. 9). Acquired in a trade with the Marlins on November 20, 2017, King led all Yankees farmhands with a 1.79 ERA and 152 strikeouts while finishing second with 11 wins in his first year with the organization.

For the second consecutive spring, Florial (born 11/25/97) is expected to be the youngest player in camp.